Yeah, i do not think it's the game code causing my problems...it's Origin applying a patch that is invalid. I did confirm just now that if you stop the patch from being applied, that scan of the game's files works without issue.

I submitted an official bug report to EA/DICE..we'll see if they sort it out.

The crashes/freezes I have been getting are 100% driver-related(Crossfire). I merely tried the game file scan to ensure that nothing was corrupted from the improper shutdowns. The two issues together can be quite frustrating. Seems my using a conotrller has it's downsides too.

Fortunately, I have other important stuff to do to occupy my time, so I don't really mind playing with installs and redownloads too much...at least if the problem happens to someone else, I'll know how to deal with it.

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I spent over an hour this morning in live chat, to no avail. I had a hard time convincing the support person that clearing my browser's cache was never gonna fix the "Ready to Install" loop in Origin. I just bagged my BF3 folder and redownloaded. It was my own fault for trying to repair, again, after the last experience. I'm just a sucker, I guess that repairing something should fix it

A little persistence and that should clear up hopefully, I was having those issues as well but after closing and reopening origin a few times it cleared up, now I just have the crossfire/ultra settings issues I have been having :/ oh well at least the game runs perfectly on high without crossfire.

Um according to that Cat driver screenshot you're forcing 4x Edge Detect Super Sampling. I don't think thats actually works (yet) and if it did you'd certainly know. Why are you trying to force AA from driver in the first place?

Um according to that Cat driver screenshot you're forcing 4x Edge Detect Super Sampling. I don't think thats actually works (yet) and if it did you'd certainly know. Why are you trying to force AA from driver in the first place?

Also did you noticed any diffs from messing with Tesselation slider?

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Believe it or not I got performance increase without sacrificing eyecandy.

I had it under AMD Optimization before.

Once again I spent hours tweaking here and there. I'm just sharing what's working for me.

Make sure you've selected PunkBuster "On" under your Server Browser options. That should stop you from getting kicked.

AppCrash BF3.exe

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There maybe a fix if you are using an antivirus/3rd party firewall/defrag, etc program that runs in the background consistently reading/writing, etc. Check for an update. For example: Update your anti virus program. No, not just a definition update to protect you. An update for your anti virus program. If there is one install it and reboot. See if that stops the crashing. If not, uninstall your anti virus program/3rd party firewall/and any other major background running application you have installed. Reboot and try the game again to see if things improve.

No, just don't "disable it" uninstall it and reboot. If that doesn't work then you have to wait for a patch for the game.

If you're on a budget I am pretty sure me and the other TPUers who have a similar GPU setup can guarantee you 60fps all around with 6950 2GB crossfire in SP and MP at ultra settings. Personally I think it is the sweet spot for maximum performance right now without ripping your wallet in half

Crossfire causes stuttering for me and has random frame-rate drops as well :/ I heard many others were also having the same problem when I asked in game as well?
The game for me runs much smoother with Crossfire disabled.

Crossfire causes stuttering for me and has random frame-rate drops as well :/ I heard many others were also having the same problem when I asked in game as well?
The game for me runs much smoother with Crossfire disabled.

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Are you using 11.10 preview drivers? Crossfire is working smoothly on my end here, the only dips I get is when zooming in as a tank gunner lol, happened in BC2 as well.

Well, to be fair most of the guys running Crossfire in this thread are schitzophrenic about their PC's. Cadaveca sometimes whispers sweet nothings into his microphone to make sure his machine is running smoothly and I have heard erocker yell extremely crude things in German at his machine.

Crossfire causes stuttering for me and has random frame-rate drops as well :/ I heard many others were also having the same problem when I asked in game as well?
The game for me runs much smoother with Crossfire disabled.